Best Bitter
Theakston in Masham, North Yorkshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
5.91
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Theakston Best Bitter is the leading session ale within the Theakston portfolio. When we refer to a ‘bitter’ beer, the term does not mean sour as in lemons, but dry as in ‘dry white wine’. So Best Bitter is a full bodied, dry beer.
We use five different hop varieties to make our Best Bitter forming a complex but subtle taste profile. The combination of dryness as generated by Target and Challenger hops, is balanced by sweetness created by the generous use of prime malting barley.
We use five different hop varieties to make our Best Bitter forming a complex but subtle taste profile. The combination of dryness as generated by Target and Challenger hops, is balanced by sweetness created by the generous use of prime malting barley.
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4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Tried
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:16
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
440ml can. Pours a clear amber with a small, foamy, short lived, off-white head that laces. Sweet aroma of toasted bready malt, caramel, honey, orange and floral hops. Sweet flavour of toasted bready malt, honey, toffee, dried peach and spicy hops in a dry, mild bitter finish. Light body with an oily to watery texture and soft carbonation. Crushable and pretty standard for the style.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Oct 2024
at 05:02
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Cask @ The Cover Bridge Inn, East Witton. Aroma of grains, booze, straw and lemons. Taste of biscuits, lemons, grains and straw. Low bitterness. Low carbonation. Not that convincing, rather disappointing even.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Sep 2024
at 13:40
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
5-4-6-4-12 Can, LH4064, seven months before bbd. Pours clear bronze golden, with a creamy head. Aroma is bready malts with toffee and heather, as well as earthy hops. Medium body, with soft to average carbonation. Flavour is roasted malts with bread, caramel and heather, as well as earthy hops with forresty minerals.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Sep 2024
at 20:15
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Can. Amber with a fat coat of off white head. Aroma of light bread, some berries, citrus, spices. A bit watery. Light bready malt with some berries and hints of peach. Citrus gets a bit lost but the finish is spicy and moderately bitter. OK.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Aug 2024
at 12:14
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can kindly delivered by my brother in law. Many thanks! Pours amber with thin head. Malty backbone. Mild hoppy bitterness. Fine
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jul 2024
at 21:02
6/10
Tried
from Can
on 11 May 2024
at 20:39
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Gravity Cask at Gadds Ramsgate, Thanet Easter Brewery Tour Beer Festival '24, 30/03/24. Been many a year since I last hid this on cask! Golden topped with a white crown. Nose is bitter fruit esters, grass, grains, hedgerow. Taste comprises dusty fruits, herb, stale bread, biscuit, dried fruit rinds. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Tidy enough old skool bitter ... deserves more than the 2.83 it rides on can only explain this folks rating bollocksed versions of this beer. Go festival for this one as opposed to don't give a fuck pub!!!
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Apr 2024
at 09:01
7.5/10
Not super bitter. Fruity esters, very smooth and rounded.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Mar 2024
at 14:13
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Appearance: Slightly fogged amber with a good head. Aroma and taste: Caramel, candy, bread, floral & herabal hop. Pretty dry. Light plus ending hop bitterness. Mouth feel: Light plus body, soft to average carbonation. Summary: Underrated.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Feb 2024
at 20:07